Born in 1857 in British Guiana, Andrew Watson came to Glasgow
University to acquire a bachelor of arts degree. By the
time Watson came to University, aged 19, in November 1875,
he had already played football for Scotland's leading team,
Queens Park.

Andrew Watson was capped three times for Scotland between
1881 and 1882, and is now believed to have been the first
black football (soccer) player to represent his country.
He began playing in 1874 and subsequently played for Queens
Park. Until this discovery, it had always been maintained
that the first black footballer was Arthur Wharton, who
played for the English team of Preston North End. But Watson
pre-dates him by 11 years. Up until the time of Pele, Andrew
Watson was perhaps the most important black player in the
world, capable of playing on either side of defence or in
midfield. He also went on to become the world's first black
footballing administrator.